Sausage stuffer



Jan. 1, 1929.

A. J. WINTER SAUSAGE STUFFER Filed March 16, 1927 o 39' l 75 i 2 I 76 77n I 14 19 10 f4 [10 '4/ Patented Jan. 1, 1929.

entree Mare-s ANDREW J.

PATENT o-F Ic I SAUSAGE srurrnn.

-App1ieation fil ed March 16, 1927. Serial No. 175,829. I i

This invention has more particular reference to the class of sausagestuffers comprising a cylinder having "a cover carried by alaterally-swinging yoke, free piston or plunger operated by compressedair or other fluid under pressure, and a safety ring to prevent theplunger from being blown out of the cylinder in case the operbe takenout of the cylinder, which is a laborious operation requiringconsiderable time.

The object of this invention is to improve the construction of suchstuffers with a view of simplifying their construction and reducingtheir cost of production as well as facilitating and expediting theremoval of the plunger, when necessary. In the accompanying drawings:Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of a stuffer embodying the invention.Figure 2 is a fragmentary side elevation of the machine, at right anglesto Fig. 1. Figure 3 is a horizontal section on line 33, Fig. 2. Figure4: is a fragmentary vertical section of the cylinder and safety ring onan enlarged scale. 7

Similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughoutthe several views.

'Referring to the drawings, 10 indicates the upright cylinder of thestuffer containing the piston 11 and provided in its base with the usualinlet 12 and outlet 13 for the motive fluid.

The cover 14 of the cylinder has the customary clamping screw 15preferably carried by a horizontally-swinging yoke 16. This yoke ispivoted at one end to an upright tie-rod 17, while its opposite end isdetachably locked to a similar rod'18.

The parts so far described are well-known openings 22 in the back of thering.

WINTER, or BUIEFALO,1\TEW YORK, AssIenoR To JOHN E. SMITHS sons 00., .orBUFFALO, NEW YORK, A conronerron or NEW YORK.

is removably secured in place by horizontal bolts 21 passingradially'through the flanged top of the cylinder at appropriate ntervalsand interlocking with sockets or counterb'ore or recess 23 is of suchdepth that the safety'ring, when in place, projects inwardly a suitabledistance beyond the inner wall of the cylinder to form a stop whichprevents blowing out of the piston should the operator neglect to turnoff the motive fluid before opening or removing the cylinder cover. Theupper edge of the safety ring is preferably flush with the upper end ofthe cylinder, as shown.

In the preferred construction herein shown, the safety ring carries oneor more nozzles 24 through which the sausage meat.

is discharged from'the cylinder 10, but these features form no part ofthe present invention. v -"When it is desired to remove the safety ringto withdraw the piston for cleaning it and the cylinder, the lockingbolts 21 are simply unscrewed far enough to release the rlng; the yoke16 and cover are swung aside and the ring is withdrawn from its seat. a

By this construction and arrangement, the

,ring can be quickly and conveniently removed without necessitating theremoval of the cover, its clamping screw and yoke from the machme, thusfacilitating the cleaning operation of the machine-"and enabling'it tobe done in a comparatively short time. 'llhisdduty is therefore lesslikely to be neg ecte Y This improvement also effects a material 7saving in the cost of manufacturing the machine. I claim as myinvention:

- 1, In a sausage stuffer, a cylinder provided in the wall of itsdelivery-end with a re- 1- with 'said ring-sockets.

Wardly from' its delivery and forming a supporting shoulder, asafety-ring removably arranged in said counter-bore and seatedonsaidishonlder, said ringhaving radial s0Ckets,":and'-r.adia1 bolts:passingthrough the cylinder-Wall and interlocking 4. Ina sausagestufier, a cylinder pro- 'vided With a counter-bore] extendinginwardsaid shoulder, the upper edge of said ring being flush with theupper end of the cylinder, and means passing through the cylinder-Wallfor retaining the safety-ring in said recess.

A ANDREW J. WINTER,

